Time to break out the macro lens (or, at least, flip the little dial to macro mode) to get those beautiful close-ups of our famous Sierra Nevada wildflowers.
The SF Chronicle is predicting a banner wildflower season in the region due to the spring's unusually cool, wet weather. This has primed the region for [...]
The Cables Route is the standard day hike up Half Dome. It's an all-day affair and is no joke – particularly in inclement weather conditions. Yet another reminder to be careful out there – even on seemingly easy terrain. Weather can t
I just spoke to a nice ranger at the Lee Vining ranger station. They informed me that Tioga Road is indeed open all the way up to the eastern gate at Tioga Pass. That means Mt. Dana is accessible for the annual backcountry skiing pilgrimage
CalTrans crews are no doubt busy making their way closer and closer to the various mountain passes as the season's snow recedes. They've official staked out May 22 as the day Sonora Pass will open. That gets all of us Bay Area folks
Things are starting to open up for Spring. Glacier Point Road in Yosemite is now open for wheeled traffic. Now if we can just get Tioga Pass and Sonora Pass opened!Via YubaNet:The Glacier Point Road opened for the season
on May 5, 2009
Another victim fell prey to a tree collision at Squaw Valley on Thursday. That brings the year's death-toll to three as the resort season winds down. The other two deaths were earlier this season due to in-bound avalanches. One was a s
The final snow survey of the season has come and gone and the Department of Water Resources has found that the 08/09 snowpack measures up at 66% of average. That marks the third straight year of below average snow depths. From myMotherLoad:
Never thought about that one before. Forest fires have always been simply an effect, in my mind, of higher temps, drier climates and longer summer seasons. This new study makes it sound more like a vicious feedback loop in which forest fir
The Sierra ski season is coming to an end over the next few weeks. Unless, that is, you're among those who earn their turns and look beyond the lifts and ropes of resorts and into the untracked backcountry. Skiable terrain can always be found
Ah Spring! Here's a very cool story and sideshow from OC Register on spring wildflower blooms in Death Valley and the Sierra Nevada. I'm still lamenting the approaching end of ski season, but this certainly makes me yearn for spring and su
